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Waiting for the officials and county soldiers to collect all the 'cold iron' in the river, Kong Xu stepped forward, picked out the largest one among them, held it in both hands, walked to Liu Xiu, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty is blessed with heaven, and you should use the cold iron sacrifice to tell heaven and earth."

Be! ”

Liu Xiu smiled indifferently, nodded, and said, "According to the opinion of Kong County's order!" ”

The officials and county soldiers took the 'cold iron' salvaged from the river, followed Liu Xiu, and climbed Daling Mountain. On the top of the mountain, an altar was built, and the altar was made of bluestone, so it was called the green altar.

Kong Xu had already had an offering table set up on the altar, with all kinds of tributes on it, and the largest piece of 'cold iron' was also placed in the right place.

Liu Xiu straightened his clothes and walked up to the altar step by step.

He came to the offering table, and the priest next to him lit three sticks of incense and handed them to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu held incense in both hands and said aloud on the altar: "Gaozu founded a state in China and created the foundation of the Han Dynasty. The first emperors of the past dynasties, the civil and military rule, the majesty of the world, the four seas are leveled, and the universe is overflowing. Wang Mang bullied the young lord at a young age, usurped the throne and seized power, and insulted my Han family

Five years. Show by the public to wear, according to the mandate of heaven and sitting, there is a shame, do not dare to be specialized, today, to the world, please heaven and earth to lead the gods, bless my Han, Dachang Daji! ”

After speaking, Liu Xiu knelt down and bowed. The people under the altar also knelt on the ground and sang in unison: "We invite the gods of heaven and earth to bless me and prosper greatly!" ”

Liu Xiu sacrificed to heaven and earth at the green altar of Daling Mountain, which was still very solemn, and it took nearly a morning. The whole scene, from beginning to end, is solemn.

After the end of the sacrifice, Liu Xiu took Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling to have a good time in Daling Mountain, and it was not until the evening that they returned to Liyang City.

On the way back to the city, you can see many people walking out of the city.

The news that the Son of Heaven had discovered the cold iron and collected all the cold iron had been sent back to the city by Kong Xu. Those who came to Liyang for the treasure hunt were all disappointed.

There were some people, disheartened, who immediately left Liyang and returned home, while others were suspicious of the news and continued to stay in Liyang, wanting to see with their own eyes whether the Son of Heaven had really discovered Hantie.

As for the cold iron picked up from the river, the county government did not hide it, and all of it was loaded on an open-top carriage for the people in the city to see.

Seeing those black and swarthy iron bumps, the skeptical people no longer doubted, and soon, a large number of people left Liyang.

Liyang, which was originally overcrowded, waited for the next day, and the streets were deserted a lot. On this day, it is conservatively estimated that at least thousands of people have walked in Liyang City.

On the third day of Liu Xiu's arrival in Liyang, he took Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling with him to hunt in the mountains and forests near Daling Mountain. That night, Liu Xiu and others did not rush back to Liyang, but were stationed in the hunting ground to rest.

However, this night, there was no stop in Liyang City. Under the unified command of the county government, the county soldiers, and a large number of Luoyang soldiers conducted a large-scale search of the entire city of Liyang.

This search was personally commanded by Kong Xu, who first divided Liyang City into four parts, first the north of the city, and then the east, south and west of the city. This kind of search is carried out in blocks, which can make the search more detailed.

The residents in Liyang City are very easy to identify, and they are all registered with household registration. This part of the population is removed, and the rest is the foreign population. Businessmen who come to Liyang to do business need to provide a local personal identification card, and if they can't find a personal identification, they will be taken away immediately. Outsiders who come to Liyang to look for Hantie need to provide their hometown and current residence

Carved away.

On this night, Kong Xu arrested tens of thousands of people in Liyang City, including men and women, old and young. There were so many people that they would definitely not fit in the cell, and the officials and soldiers detained all the people who were caught in the school barracks of the barracks. In addition, the officials and soldiers also found a large number of swords, spears, halberds, crossbows and other weapons in the city

Some weapons can find their masters, but most of them can't.

Looking at the weapons collected by the officials and soldiers, the number of them was shocking, and Kong Xu was secretly frightened.

It seems that His Majesty's judgment is not wrong, among the outsiders in Liyang City, a large number of Liu Yong's subordinates are indeed mixed in.

Fortunately, His Majesty came in time and keenly saw through the enemy's tricks, otherwise if so many people really suddenly attacked in the city, how could the county government resist it? I'm afraid I don't even know how I died!

He ordered the county officials to strictly interrogate those who were arrested, one or two of them had hard mouths, it was impossible for everyone to have hard mouths, and under heavy punishments, they could always find a few soft bones who were willing to open their mouths to confess.

Kong Xu is indeed a person who can do things, and he is also very efficient in doing things. Liu Xiu and the others returned to Liyang on the afternoon of the second day of the hunt, and as soon as Liu Xiu returned to his house, the county commander Kong Xu arrived.

Liu Xiuren invited Kong Xu in. Looking at Kong Xu who entered the lobby, Liu Xiule said hehehe: "Kong County Order, the city is suddenly deserted today!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Before Kong Xu spoke, he first knelt on his knees. Liu Xiu was stunned and asked puzzledly: "What did Kong County Order do this time?" ”

"Weichen's negligence almost caused a catastrophe, please Your Majesty severely punish Weichen's mistakes." Kong Xu spoke, and bowed forward.

Liu Xiu blinked, it seems that Kong Xu's investigation has a result, and Liu Yong really mixed his subordinates into Liyang City! Liu Xiu sighed and said softly: "Kong County Order, please get up, eat a trench and grow wise." ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen ......" "If I hadn't suffered Liu Yong's loss before, I'm afraid I wouldn't have imagined that he would secretly send someone to infiltrate Liyang and seek to take over the entire Wei County." This time, Kong County Ling didn't find out about Liu Yong's trick, I don't blame you, but next time, Kong County Ling Ruo still didn't notice it

……”

He deliberately paused and looked at Kong Xu with a smile. Kong Xu said hurriedly: "Back to Your Majesty, there will never be a next time." Liu Xiu nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand to Kong Xu, and motioned for him to get up and take a seat on the side. Kong Xu bowed his head in thanksgiving, then stood up and sat aside in an orderly manner. Liu Xiu asked: "Last night and this morning, Kong County ordered a lot of arrests

People, right? "Last night, Weichen arrested a total of 11,673 people in the city, and now all of them are detained in the barracks.

Wait for the opportunity. As he spoke, he beckoned outside.

The two officials carried a large box and walked in, and when they put it on the ground, there was a muffled bang. Kong Xu got up, walked to the box, opened the lid, Liu Xiu looked inside, and the box was full of rolls of bamboo slips.

"Your Majesty, these are Liu Yongjun's confessions."

Liu Xiu got up, came to the front of the box, took out a roll of bamboo slips from it, untied the rope, unfolded it, and looked at it carefully.

The person who wrote this confession was a soldier of Liu Yongbu's general Zhang Yi, and in the confession, he clearly explained which song, which tun, and which team he belonged to. After reading this confession roughly, Liu Xiu put down the bamboo slip in his hand and picked up another bamboo slip, the source of this confession also came from Zhang Yi's subordinates. Liu Xiu picked up the third confession, this time the person who confessed was different, no more

Zhang Yi's subordinates, but Sun Cheng's soldiers.

Liu Xiu looked through more than a dozen confessions in a row, and it was either Zhang Yi's subordinates or Sun Cheng's subordinates. Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and asked, "It seems that Liu Yongjun, who has infiltrated the city, is either from Zhang Yibu or Sun Chengbu. ”

Kong Xu replied: "Your Majesty's insight, that's exactly the case!" ”

Liu Xiu narrowed his eyes and asked word by word: "So, where are Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng now?" ”

Since his two subordinates have blended into the city, it is impossible for these many people to be in a state of leaderlessness, Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng must be in the city.

Liu Xiu thought of this problem, and Kong Xu also thought of it. He said with a straight face: "At present, Weichen has not found Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng. However, according to Weichen's inference, the two of them are likely to be among the people who were arrested! "Check! Strict inspection! Be sure to find out these two! Liu Xiu said categorically: "I see that most of these people who confessed are soldiers, captains, tun chiefs, etc., and their level is not enough, so naturally they will not know the whereabouts of Zhang and Sun."

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Kong Xu said: "Your Majesty rest assured, Weichen will definitely find these two people and hand them over to Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xiu nodded and waved his hand to Kong Xu. Kong Xu got up, bowed to the ground, and said, "Weichen retreats." ”

Kong Xu was about to exit the lobby, but Liu Xiutu stopped him again and said with a smile: "In the past few days, Kong County has worked hard. ”

"Your Majesty's words are serious, and Weichen doesn't feel hard." Kong Xu hurriedly said.

Liu Xiu smiled, turned his head to Long Yuan and said, "Give the deer I hunted to Kong County!" ”

Long Yuan bowed in response, Kong Xu's body was shocked, and he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and said loudly: "Weichen Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" Kong Xu accepted the reward and left happily. How much a deer is worth is a trivial matter, the key is that this is given by His Majesty, which is of great significance, and also represents His Majesty's affirmation of him. Kong Xu did not disappoint Liu Xiu, and the next day, Kong Xu returned

really found Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng.

Speaking of which, Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng are also quite unlucky. Liu Yong's plan was actually very clever, first creating rumors that Liyang had discovered Cold Iron, causing a large number of people to gather in Liyang.

Taking this opportunity, Liu Yong sent Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng, two generals, so that the two of them led 8,000 elites, broke into pieces, infiltrated Liyang, waited for an opportunity to capture the county government, took Liyang in one fell swoop, and opened the door to Wei County for his side.

Originally, everything was going well, Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng were ready and were about to attack the Liyang County Government, but at this juncture, Liu Xiu arrived. Liu Xiu's arrival suddenly disrupted the deployment of the two of them. The government officials and county soldiers in Liyang City add up to more than 1,000 people, and with their 8,000 elite troops, it is not difficult to conquer the county government and take Liyang. can

Liu Xiu arrived in Liyang and brought nearly 20,000 Han troops at once, in this case, if the two of them wanted to take Liyang again, the chances of success were already very slim.

The day after Liu Xiu arrived in Liyang, he announced that he had found cold iron at the foot of Daling Mountain. When Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng learned the news, they immediately realized that something was wrong, but they didn't dare to evacuate Liyang without permission.

The sneak attack on Liyang was planned by Liu Yong himself, and if they wanted to evacuate, they had to get Liu Yong's approval. Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng hurriedly sent people back to Suiyang to report the incident to Liu Yongyu and ask Liu Yong to allow him to evacuate Liyang.

But the distance from Liyang to Suiyang is not close, and it will take ten days and half a month to go back and forth.

But Kong Xu didn't give them that much time at all. On the night of the second day after Liu Xiu discovered Hantie, the county government cooperated with the Han army and launched a joint operation to start a large-scale manhunt in the city.

All suspicious persons were seized on the spot. Zhang Yi and Sun Chengyou considered whether to fight and resist, but after thinking about it, the two felt that it was inappropriate.

The Han army is overwhelming, and the city has been blocked, they are now like a turtle in an urn, if they use force with the Han army, there is only a dead end in the end.

In addition, the two of them still had a bit of luck, and they didn't think that the Liyang County Government could grasp their own plans, and if they obediently cooperated with the Han army's investigation, they might be able to get away with it. With this in mind, Zhang Yi and Sun Cheng ordered their subordinates not to resist the Han army.